we saw it in the way the president got off the campaign trail and responded to sandy. [cheers and applause] >> and all over america, people were thrilled to see him working with the republican governor of new jersey and the mayor of new york city who is an independent and who endorsed president obama . [cheers and applause] >> and the democratic governors of new york and connecticut, turn the electricity on, to clean the debris, what i want to tell you is, cooperation works better when there is no disaster and if you don't have cooperation, you have the makings of a disaster. barack obama is a proven cooperator. [cheers and applause] >> he offered the republican unilaterally in an attempt to get a budget deal, $1 trillion in spending cuts, they said thank you very much. no deal. we will not see one penny raised on the wealthiest americans even if it will get rid of $4 trillion in debt, but he kept going and the door is still open and when you re-elect him, the door will be open and they will walk through that door. [cheers and applause] >> the second reason that i'm fo